The 2018 OFC Champions League qualifying stage was played from 20 to 26 January 2018. [1] A total of four teams competed in the qualifying stage to decide two of the 16 places in the group stage of the 2018 OFC Champions League.
The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 15 September 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. [2] The champions of the four developing associations were drawn from Pot A into each of the four positions 1–4 to determine the fixtures. [3]
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The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants. According to the group stage draw: [2]
Matches were played between 20 and 26 January 2018 in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The schedule of each matchday was as follows. [1] [4] [5]
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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| Matchday 1 | 20 January 2018 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 23 January 2018 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 26 January 2018 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
All times were local, SST (UTC−11). [5]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUP | LUP | VEI | PAG | |
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| 1 |  Tupapa Maraerenga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Group stage | — | 1–0 | — | — | |
| 2 |  Lupe o le Soaga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 6 | — | — | 6–0 | — | ||
| 3 |  Veitongo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | 2–9 | — | — | 2–1 | ||
| 4 |  Pago Youth (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | 0–5 | 1–13 | — | — |
| Veitongo | 2–1 | Pago Youth |
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| Veitongo | 2–9 | Tupapa Maraerenga |
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| Pago Youth | 1–13 | Lupe o le Soaga |
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| Pago Youth | 0–5 | Tupapa Maraerenga |
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